Tara Air Flight 193
2016 passenger plane crash in Dana, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, Nepal. On 24 February 2016, eight minutes after take-off, the aircraft serving the flight, a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter went missing with 23 people on board.[1][2][3] Hours later, the wreckage was found near the village of Dana, Myagdi District. There were no survivors.[4] It was Tara Air's deadliest accident.[5]
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Accident | |
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Date | 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) |
Summary | VFR into IMC, loss of situational awareness, controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Dana, Myagdi District, Nepal |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter |
Operator | Tara Air |
IATA flight No. | TB193 |
ICAO flight No. | TRA193 |
Call sign | Tara Air 193 |
Registration | 9N-AHH |
Flight origin | Pokhara Airport, Pokhara, Nepal |
Destination | Jomsom Airport, Jomsom, Nepal |
Occupants | 23 |
Passengers | 20 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 23 |
Survivors | 0 |
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